Woven carrier equipment



F. R. BATCHELDER.

WOVEN CARRIER EQUIPMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.22, 1920.

1,392,551, Patented Oct. 4, 1921.

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WOVEN CARRIER EQUIPMENT.

APPLICATION man JAN. 22. 1920.

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FRANK R. BA'ro ELn R, 0E woRcEsTER, MASSACHUSETTS, AssioNoR 'ro MILLS.

.BELT COMPANY, OF woRcEs'rER, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSA- CHUSETTS.

To all u; am it may] concern Be it known that I, FRANK- ing at lVorcester, in the county of Worcester, Stateof Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement 1n Woven Carrier Equipment, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to-th'e accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to woven pocketed carrier-equipmentof the general class including cartridge carriers andconstructionally similar equipment for military and other uses. More particularly, it relates to what for convenience may be termed accessory pocket equipment. By accessory pocket equipment I intend carriers or pockets such as for use 'aremounted detachably upon a supporting belt or the like, or upon another carrier forming a part of belt-like equipment. These generally consistgof what for convenience may be termed apocket-pi'ece, a cover or flap for the opening or mouth of the pocket, and a supporting-loopadapt ed to embrace the'belt or carrier to which the accessory'carrieri or pocket is applied.

The first'zpart of, the invention provides in improved manner for. combining the supporting loop and cover. or flap ofan acces so ry carrierr pocketwith the pocket-piece ofthe latter, and for finishing off the carrier or pocket at the bottom of the pouchthereof. The second part of-theinvention provides an improved edge-binding and'backing for the pocket-piece. .i v

The features of the invention will be described first with reference to-the illustrated embodiments thereof, and then will be more particularly pointed out in theclaims at the close of this specification.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 shows a cartridge belt of a wellknown type having applied thereto a series of accessory pockets embodying the features ofthe invention. I

Fig. 2 is a view on a relatively enlarged scale, partly-in section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an isometric view of an accessory carrier or pocket embodying the features of the invention.

Fig. .t is a view in horizontal section in the plane of line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5'is a view in vertical section in the R. Bh'rom' ELDER, a c1t1zen. of the United States, residthem in closed-down condition. I

WOVEN CARRIER EQUIPMENT.

"ap lication filed January 22, 1920. s rial No. 353,313.-

tion illustrating modifications in the connec- Having'reference to the drawings v 7 'tion of the loopand cover or flap with the The cartridgebelt'shown in Fig.1, a por-g- 7 tion thereof being shown in 2', is; of the usual construction comprising Y opposite pocketed carriers 1, 2, and an adjustment strap 3 at the rear, the front ends of the carriers '1, 2,:being furnished as usual with interengaging fastener-members 4, 5, for

holding the belt in place encircling the waist of the wearer. Each of the saidcarriers 1 and 2 isfpro'vided with a series of pockets 6, 6, to contain cartridges 7, 7, held by cli s 8. g

ig. 1 shows in connection with the carrier 2 three accessory pockets 9,. 9, 9, which are supported upon the said carrier by means of their suspensory loops 10, 10, 10, encircling the carrier 2, as shown also in Fig. 2. As thus combinedwith the carrier 2, the pockets 9, 9, ar'e supported in place at the front of theusual pockets 6, 6, and lie against the outer faces of the latter. In this instance, the accessory pockets 9, 9, are in tended to be occupied by loaded magazines 11, 11, of the kind used in automatic rifles.

Such magazines 11, 11, are represented as arranged in pairs in vertical-position within the pockets 9, 9. The said pockets are larger I.

' and deeper than the pockets of the carrier 2,

asnecessitated by the size of the magazines. On account ofthe length of the magazines, the lower portions of pockets 9, 9, extend down below the carrier 2, asshown. The said pockets 9, 9, are provided with flexible covers or flaps 12, 12, resembling the covers or flaps 13, 13, of the pockets 6, 6, and, like the latter, furnished with fastener-devices 14:, 14, of glove-fastener type, to secure regular pockets of said cartridge-belt with cartridges held by regular rifle clips, he may combine with the said cartridge-belt mthe manner shown in Figs. 1 and 2 accessory pocketscontaining automatic rifle magazines woven -material,"with the pockets formed "upon the respective carriers-1 and 2m the; process of weav1ng,'1n manner well-known 7.10 and cover-or flap '12. r V -Referring now to the features ofmymloaded with cartridges .The ca1'tri.dges

themselves are the same in both cases. This will enableihim, after firing the cartridges contained in' the automatic rifle magazines, to take the loaded clipsffrom the regular pockets of his cartridge belt and transfer the cartridges therefrom to the automatic rifle magazines.

1 v The'cartridge-belt shownfinthedrawings is, aspreferredin practice,-j composed of in the art. 1 The accessory? pockets, also, are

' of'woven materiaheach thereof comnrising,:- 'essent1ally,-a pocket-piece composed of a backweby9i and an outstanding pocket pouch woven thereon, and'an applied loop vention.-:'x- By one feature of the firstpart ofmyinventionI'combine the lower end of the strip tratedniost clearly in Figs. 3, 5, and'fi. In saidjfigures, thepocketrpiece is formed with 9. The lower end-portion of the strip bends around the edge of the rear Wall of f said split or dividedportion 99'and is eni oof-material of whichv the loop 10 is. com-' 1: posed with the bottom margin of-the p0cketpiece'in'a manner securinga number of wood results. The preferred construction is illusa split 'or divided bottom marginal portion tered between" the two walls of the latter.

- "Fastenings 15,15, preferably transverse lines 7, of stitches, engage with thetwo walls of the split or, divided marginalportion, as well:

as with-'theenpturned endi o'f the strip of whichthe loop is formed, andwith the portion of the'said strip which extends upward at thefbaek' of the. said marginal portion,

and also with the lower portion of the lin vo ing or backingpiece to whiclrre' ference is madehereina'fter, when said piece 20. is

employed. The bend or turn ofrthe strip at 10: by inclosing the edge of the rear wall 7 of the'splitor"divided marginal portion, as 7 well asthe lower margin of thesaid lining tom margin, and a'yer'y secure attachment f of thesaid end -is' efiected. The finish and protection furnished by forming the lower po'rt1on: 'offthe loop s'tripinto' a ber'idilO in (YO-Y accessorycarfierlorpocket is ofimportance,'- becausejitreduces, the: wear of those portions 7 ofth soldiers' unifornr, with whichthe closing a bottom marginal portion ofthe lowerpartof the accessory carrier or pocket coines-in contact belowthe regular eartr dg-' -bclt'.' iThereare no exposed edges, 1 folds,or seams, at-the back; of the lower por- I, tion of the accessory carrier or pocket to causewea-r or to catch lupon"adj'acent-portions of equipment: 'F or convenience inapplylng the; stitches or other fastenings' 15,

l5, the divided bottom margin of the pocketpiece projects below the bottom of the pouch.-

'Two transverse lines ofgstitchesare repre I sented in the drawings; In some instances, as illustratedin F g. 9 Sheet 2', the"extrem-,

ity of the strip of which loop ,10-is.; formed may :be carriedup at theTfront lface ofithe projecting bottom marginal portion and se- 7 curedagainst the said faceby the fastenings 15 15; In 'suchinstances the saidinarginal porti onwill not 'be' of the-divided con-Vi structionf that-has'been described; 1;

At the topgiof the pocket-piece the strip j as composing the loop 10 is attached'to the pocket-piece, preferablyrby having the "at taching portion of I the said 1 istrip r inserted curingvit therein by means of stitches or other applied fastening's116', 16,- passing.

through the two walls of said marginal por tion and r-th'ejinterposed attaching portion-rof! between the two wallsfof a; divided toprmarginal portion 9 of:thejpocket-piece, and se no I the strip; 'In' each ofFigs, 5 and tithe attachingjportion of the cover for flap 12.1also' is entered between the said Wall's :of:the*di=:-v

fvidedtop marginal portionofthe pocketi i 7 piece, and'is secured by the saidffastenings l 16, 16. 'In the construction shown in 5, the loop: 10 and'cover or flap' 12 are ro'ntinuous with eac h other, that i's'to say, they are .1' Y constituted-"by different-portionsof: the

length of one 2 continuous strip, ,the attach If- *ment to the" top'margin o'fthepocket-piece; i being effected by. folding the continuous-stripy. {upon itself and tucking 'the' foldinto. the 1 f opening-inthe divided top margin. In Fig; 0 6, the loop 10 and cover or fi'ap 12 instead f' or'r belng continuous with each other, are; x

composed of separate pieces of strip; mate-,1

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rial having theirattaching' end portionsin l serted together within 'the openingfof the f .7 divided top margin of the pocket-piece, and;

secured by the fastenings 16,16.

.In the construction shown byjcFig'. 7 the loop, 10 ,'and cover or flap,- l2 ,arefportions of one continuous strip as inFig. 5, but the 1 top marginal portion 9 0f the pocket-piece isundivided. SAtth'euppergend o'f the le p, the strip is secured or fastened-atpthe back.

of the top marginal p 0rtion9fiby means bfstl tclles or other fastenings 1c, 16, and thecontinuation of thc' stri which .fforms-the V cover or-flap l2' b en'd's forward 'overthetopj- 1 of the said top margin in closing or' c'oversing the -pocket' In'F-ig; 81theconstruction; shown in Fig. 711s modified b'ycarrying"the;

stripv down in? front at theitop margin of,

the pocket-piece andffasteningiti thereyso 1 [that a end of thefstrip incloseth s id-t p margin, the stitches or other fastenings 16,

' rip-or break loose.

the strip itself, in addition to being con-.

"usually are woven side by side in a series" 16, being in engagement with the strip at both the front and the rear of the top mar-.

gin of the pocket-piece.

The constructions which have been described with reference to Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8,

'" bottom margin of the aoclretpiece lessens very materially the liability of such'end to The lower extremity of cealed and protectech is held better than it "could be ifit lay exposed on the back surface of the'p'ocket-piece." Various practical advantages in the process of manufacture are secured.

Referring to; the second part of the invehtion, namely the. improved edge-binding and backing for the pocket-piece,-

In the process of manufacture "usually followed in practice, the pocket-pieces for a number of accessory carriers or pockets 7 as portions of a continuous pocketed web.

After the" weaving has been accomplished,

the respective pockets are separated from one another by cutting transversely across" the sections of web between one pocket and thejnext. This procedure produces a corresponding number of separate pocketpocket-piece having a pocket thereon and pieces, each having portions 9, 9*, (Fig. 4)

of the saidfjweb-sections projecting in the form of flanges orfins at opposite sides of its pocket, the said projecting flanges or fins constituting side marginal porons of the pocket piecer "These flanges or-fins are trimmed away more or less closely to the sides of the pocket;fbut are left with cut or raw, e.,'unfinish'ed edges, and of course such edges would tend to 1 fray and ravel if left 'unprotectedand exposed. The second partoffthe invention has for its object to'eflect the" binding and finishing of the projecting flanges or fins 9", 9", and

I in addition provide the pocket-piece with a smooth lining or backing 20 free from prominent ridges constituted by projecting seams, folds, or edges of a character liable to catch agtinst portions of the supportingbelt or carrier in slipping the accessory carrier or pocket upon said belt or carrier, or

in adjusting it thereon, or in slipping it therefrom. r

The lining or backing-piece 20 lies against the rear face of the pocket-piece, as indicated in Figs 4, 5, etc. Its lateral margins are doubled back upon themselves to conceal their edges, as shown in Figsf3, 4 and 9.

The doubled portions are folded around the flanges or fins 9, 9 of the ocket-piece, as in the said figures, so as to inclose the said flanges or fins, and are secured to the latter bymeans or applied fastenings 22, prefera y. stitches,- passing through all the thicknesses adjacent the sides of the pockets.

The top and bottom marginal portions of the lining or backing-piece 20, usually turned back upon themselves as in Figs. 5, 6, etc., to conceal the edges thereof, are caught by the transverse lines of fastenings 1'5, 15, and 16, 16, and thereby secured. At the bottom of the pocket-piece, the lower mar ginal portion of the lining or backingpiece is contained within the bend 10 of the lower end-portion of the loop-strip, and confined between the said strip and the bottom marginal portion of the pocket-piece.

'What is claimed as the'invention is 1. In pocketed carrierequiplnent, an ac V cessory carrier or pocket comprising a pocket-piece having a pocket thereon, and a suspensor loop at the back of said pocketpiece, sai loop composed ota strip of web material fastened to the top of the pocketpiece by a transverse line of fastenin s, with the lower end-portion of said strip bent around and up in front of a bottom marginal portion of the'pocket-piece, so as to form a bendinclosing said marginal portion and furnish a smooth rounded finish to the bottom of the pocket-piece, and fasteningssecuring together said lower end -portion and said bottom marginal portion.

2. In pocketed carrier equipment, an accessory carrier .or pocket comprlsing a also formed with a divided bottom margin,-

and asuspensory loop atthe back of said pocket-piece, said loop' composed of a strip I the said rear wall and-furnishing a smooth rounded finish to the bottom of the pocketpiece, and fastening securing together the said lower'end-portion and the walls of the" divided bottom margin.

3. In pocketed carrier equipment, an accessory carrier or pocket comprising a pocket-piece having a pocket thereon and also formed with a divided top margin, and a suspensory loop at the back of said pocketpiece having a portion of its material seated in the opening of said divided top margin and secured therein by fastenings engaging with such end and the walls between which it is entered, and also having its lower end bent around and up in front of a bottom marginal portion of the pocket-piece so as to form a bend inclosing said marginal portion and furnish a smooth rounded finish to the bottom of the pocket-piece, and fastenings securing together said lower end-portion and said marginal bottom portion.

. pocket-piece havinglai poeket'thereon and; also formed witlrdivided top and bottom I nishing a smooth-rounded finish to the bot '4. In pocketed carrier equipment, anaecessory carrier or pocket. comprising a margins, and a suspensory loop the'back of said-poeket-pieee composed of a strip of- -web material having 'a portion of its materialgseatedin' the opening of the divided top margin and secured therein by fastenings engagingwith such end and the walis between which itis entered, and also having 7 its lower end-portlon bent around the rear) wall of the dividedibottom margin and up betweenthe two walls of the latter, in a bend inclosingthe said rear wall and furtom of the "pocket-piece, andfastenings eurin together the said lower end-portion and t e walls of the divided bottom-margin.

5. In poeketedearrier equipment, an aceessory -carrier or; pocken eom'prising1 a pocket-piece havingapocket thereon and piece having its'lowerend attaehed to the tionsof the loop and oover 'or flap.

i portion thereof formed'into a cover or flap] for the pocket, anotherpOr iOn formed into a 4 6. In;'poel reted carrier equipment, an acf "cessory carr er or pocket eornprisl'ng la pocket-piece having a pocket thereon and formed with a divided top margin, and a strip or band of web imaterial having one suspensory loop at 'the back, and [an intermediate portion tucked in andfastened between the walls ofi'saiddividedtop margin.

7. In pocketed Carrier equipment,flanac-' cessoryoearirerr or ,pocket comprising; aj' poeket-piece having. a pocket thereon and a formed with divided top and bottom mar; I

' gins, and a strip or band of web material '7 having one portion thereof formed into a pocket-cover or flap, another portion formed 7 I into a suspensory loop at the baok,"anintermediate' port-ion tuoked in and fastened between the walls of the divided top margin, and the lower end of the loop. bent around the edge of one wall of thedivided bottom margin and fastened between the two walls of the latter. 1'

8. A carrier 7 or pocket comprising a: pocket-p1eee woven with a" pocket and hav- 1 ing projecting flangesor fins at opposite sides of'saidfpooket and a lining or baeking for said pocket-piece extending from side to side" aerossthe back of the'latte'ri and hav-;- ing its side-margins bent around the said Han es or fins to theffaces thereof and se-f cured vby fastenings;

pocket-piece, a suspensory loopextending vertically at the rear thereof, saidpoekete piece woven witha pocket and having. prof ,j'ecting flanges or fins at oppositesides of the pocket, and a lining or baekingjat' thesur- V r r '65 i9. A arrier or pocket comprising "a face of said pocket-piece next said 1oo.p,-ex-' V tending from .side toasidejacrOssjsai'd surface'and having itsside-vmargins bent around i f the said flanges or fins tothe'fro'nt ifacesfi edf nd Secured byfasteningsf e V 7 10.111 pocketed carrier equipment,

accessory carrier 01' Pocket comprising a pocket-piece havinga pocket thereonand formed with a divided ftop' .margim and a strip; p band ofweb material havmgo one portion: thereof formed :into a pocketcover the] walls of the divided top margin, and

wit-hits end at the lowerl'end of the loopbent: around theedge of a bottom;margi nal'portion of the po'eket-piec'e;gup'in frontof such] I .ing's passing through the' said 7 end landsaid imarginal portion, and secured byfasten Po ti r .1 In test mony whereof Iafiix my signature in presenoe of'two witnesses.

Witnessesi 7 ,7 H g Amon'M. TISDALE,

A; LORETTAVMATTIMOREQ;

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- FRANK R. B-AroHiiLDER' :j; 

